It appears to be newthreado'clock
and hence here one is.

As the kiddies are starting school around this time, tell me your best and worst experiences at school /OT

Alt:
Favourite place to go boozing
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:49, 192 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

I have nothing to contribute here.

(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:53, Reply)

Hmm, as a teacher?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)

likethat was totally the joke SC! CATCH YOURSELF ON
Best: include moving to local comp and forging some great friendships.
Last day of term when leaving first placement and getting cards and pressies and all the little ones being super sweet.

Worst: Being expelled from Clifton was shit. Having to to report a sexual assault between two 6 yr olds to the teacher and head was pretty horrendous.
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

I was simply prompting for more info
Mrs Cow keeps all the hand-made cards she gets from the kids

6 year old sexual assault? WTF?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)

It was my second week in the classroom, and the SEN kid grabs one of the girls between the legs and
won't let go. She comes over to me and tells me what has happened and I really didn't know what to do, I mean I knew all the protocal but still what do you say to the kid? It got sorted in the end but I had to fill in loads of forms and meet the head and teacher to give a statement. Talk about uncomfortable.
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

I bet

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)

she thought so as well, BA DUM TSH! *SUICIDES*
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)

Sexy sexy SEN kids

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)

SEN kids tend to do this a fair bit as they don't know the boundaries.
The missus has worked with a fair few SEN kids, mostly autistic, and reckons they're worse than a bunch of wanking chimps.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)

Mrs Cow has a class with 8 SEN kids out of 17 to teach for 4 hours a week

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:08, Reply)

Christ, that's a lot for one class.
Do they all have appropriate support? I hope it's not just one poor sod that has to deal with them all.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)

It is

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:18, Reply)

I spent some time in the SEN centre whilst on placement and as enjoyable as it could be
it was mainly horrendous, heartbreaking and fucking confusing.
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:11, Reply)

Autism is the missus' passion.
She loves working with them. Although her last job involved being a class full of them (various types of SEN, not just autistic), and some of them were very severe, no speech, no toilet training, nothing. She was regularly attacked, and usually covered in bruises and scratches. I'd get people looking at me on the street if she went out in a vest top in the summer, thinking I'd fucking done it, when it was a crazed five year old.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:15, Reply)

I find it quite amusing when they try and hurt me, but I imagine as a 'lady' it must
be quite difficult sometimes.
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:43, Reply)

It's not so much the being female bit, it's the suddenness and viciousness of the attacks.
She been bitten, spat on, kicked, punched, headbutted and scratched in the past. And all for minimum wage... thankfully she does one to one stuff now and the kid she's had for the last year is very high functioning and pleasant, although the hormones haven't kicked in yet so that could well change...
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:46, Reply)

I think I've honestly blocked / forgotten most of anything to do with school.
Alt: Edinburgh, as already stated.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)

I thought it made for a good ALT

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)

I very much enjoyed fingerbanging Becky
I very much did not enjoy being fingerbanged by Mr. Morrison

ALT: the pub, stoopid
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Helpful answer is helpful
Who was Becky?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)

Bert was the best she ever had.

( Kroney, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

Vicar's daughter
best of all the daughters
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

My vicar's daughter was called Mary.
She had similar interests, sounds like.

He wasn't my vicar, you understand. She was my vicar's daughter. I hope that's clear.
( Kroney, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

It's a universal truth that vicar's daughter are filth

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)

Contrary to popular opinion?
How was her (lady)garden?
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)

Full of cockle shells, the dirty mare

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

I never found out. I was your typical shy teenager
which is one of my school regrets as she was very attractive.
( Kroney, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:00, Reply)

Van?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Worst. All of it around the ages of 11 - 16.
Alt: a pub.
( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:54, Reply)

Why so bad?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:55, Reply)

Shy, low self esteem, figured I was crap at everything so didn't try, (apart from art).

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)

Ahh, not good

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Yes but look at me now (!)

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)

*perves*

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

Norktactular!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

I think you missed my attempt at sarcasm.

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)

I saw the (!) good lady

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)

I haven't changed that much. I just got better at hiding it.

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)

If that's a diagram, you're a lucky bastard!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)

When the whistle blowed for the end of play time, you had to stand still, like a statue.
Someone was just about to kick a ball and stopped mid kick and I found it so funny that I wet myself.

I sometimes wish I was a kid again so I could laugh so much I wee myself.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

Piss away Gonz!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

I can't laugh anymore, I barely even smile.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Is that in case you poo yourself instead of peeing yourself?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

Just remember, if you got your headphones on, on the tube, just because you can't hear yourself fart, doesn't mean no one else can.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)

Sage advice

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)

*sadfaces*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)

Alt: Liverpool, or Edinburgh.
Manchester's quite good too.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

I need to go out in Liverpool again soon
I've not been to Bar Cava in years!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)

I don't like it there.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)

I've found it to be a good place to start the night
I don't think I'd want to stay in there though...

Anything in particular you don't like?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)

Too packed, full of mongs, shit layout.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:15, Reply)

I'm not too sure on the layout
But as I say, we start the night there, so tend to avoid most of the mongs

Or does this mean we are the mongs?
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:17, Reply)

Well just maybe you are!!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:20, Reply)

Haha, this is likely.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:24, Reply)

You shouldn't have to ask.

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:22, Reply)

true of Liverpool in general

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:29, Reply)

it's not packed and it's laid out very well.

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:34, Reply)

School was all crap, I hated it.
alt: I prefer drinking at home, but if I have to go out, probably Skylounge in leeds
(DeeDee, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:56, Reply)

I shall ask step-Cow Jr about this place

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

Its the top floor of the Mint Hotel at dark arches,
so its got great views. Nice toilets as well, that makes all the difference
(DeeDee, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:00, Reply)

Quite like Leeds too.
Love the Scarborough Taps. And so handy for the station.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

True.
I like Brewery Tap as well, but it gets too full of twats in suits
(DeeDee, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Our kids have been back to school for a fortnight, you southern woofters
Edinburgh, obviously. I recommend the Ghillie Dhu at the west end, anywhere in the Grassmarket/George IV Bridge area.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:57, Reply)

I've been to the Ghillie Dhu.
I had a haggis jacket potato and some faaahn waaahn.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)

That's because it takes so much longer to teach them anything
hence the 4 year Uni courses
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Probably the heroin

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

It does dull the senses some what

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)

No, you silly ape
Our kids go back in late August, but they finish up at the end of June.

It's not our fault that you lot are so fucking mentally challenged that it takes you a month to realise that what little summer we have has already passed you by.

3 years for an ordinary degree, 4 years for honours MOFO.
(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:55, Reply)

I discovered the Black Bull on the Grassmarket last time.
We were trying to get out of the heat but most of the pubs seemed to have a no under 18's policy, even through the day (we had the boy there), and that place turned out to be an oasis of calm and cool at the height of festival time. Very welcome.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

I like The Last Drop

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Sounds familiar, Grassmarket as well?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:02, Reply)

Yeah, in the middle
More than a few drunken evenings in there
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

I think I may have been in a couple of times.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)

I agree I don't remember all the times I've been in!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)

Last Drop used to be my first port of call after my lectures across the road

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:56, Reply)

I had a horrendous experience with school
I'm enjoying university more than I ever enjoyed both primary and secondary school combined.
(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:58, Reply)

I liked learning stuff and being in the choir.
I was a bit scared of the other kids. For good reason really.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Choir was horrific at Merchants
They made me sing at the Philharmonic, FFS!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

Did you get good seats though?
The world needs to know
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)

Well, we were centre stage...

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)

We sang there too.
I loved it.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:11, Reply)

I was a shit singer, so I was a little more self conscious than most, haha

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:14, Reply)

Hmm, I couldn't pick one
But one of my favourites was seeing the 'cock of the year' getting half knocked out by one of the 'geeks', that was magnificent. He gave him a nipple twist from behind whilst he was sat down, getting changed in PE. The geek simply reached down, picked up his football boot, and clocked the bully in the face with it. Absolutely brilliant.

Another time was the same knobhead deciding he was going to slide tackle me from behind whilst we were stood on concrete. If he'd connected, it's likely I would have landed on the back of my head on concrete, and seriously hurt myself. Luckily, he's a fucking idiot who tried sliding too early, and instead ripped his knee open. Pointing and laughing at him was greatly enjoyable.

As for the worst, any of the times I was being bullied, I always hated those moments.

Alt: The Swan With Two Necks, Macclesfield. Definitely my favourite bar.

Place in general though is Ormskirk, as I always run into old friends when I'm out.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Best:: Some of the friends I still have 22 years later
Worst: Suffering through Christian Association meetings at lunchtimes when I should have been playing 5-a-side with said friends, all in a doomed from the outset attempt to get into the knickers of a crazy religious girl.

Alt: well, I don't any more, and before that the answer could well have been 'anywhere', but really, down by the river in Putney when I lived there, that was always good.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 10:59, Reply)

Ahh, it was the Christian Union at ours
I did the same, but got bored of their shitty charity assemblies, etc. All they'd do was recite a script, whilst hiding behind a piece of paper, fucking pathetic.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:01, Reply)

Actually, yes, and ours too.
I knew 'association' didn't sound quite right, but I couldn't figure out why.

I spent 60 minutes listening to them discuss creationism and pretending to believe it myself such was my desperation to get my end away. I really hadn't thought things through, had I?
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

Oddly, it worked for me
Of the 5 girls in the CU, I snogged 3, and slept with 1. This was quite a while later, but it was only through the CU I'd really got to know them.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)

So what I am learning is
actually it wasn't that she was Christian that was the problem, it's that I was repellent to women. Well, thanks for that...
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:05, Reply)

Not a problem!

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:07, Reply)

Have a wank it's cheaper

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)

Duke's Head?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:03, Reply)

Putney?
I honestly can't remember the name. Is that the big one right by the river on the opposite side to all the new flats? If so, yes.

Edit: Opposite side of the road, not the the river.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:04, Reply)

It's near to the bridge facing Fulham Palace Gardens

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:06, Reply)

Yeah, that's the one.
Start at the Coat & Badge and end up there. Or Vice Versa.
( scarpe We Stole Bikes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:08, Reply)

My musical taste has gone all wierd,
I have just downloaded, The drums, The Bullitts and Christina Perri... what the fuck is wrong with me!
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:08, Reply)

Clearly a brain tumor.

(Poppet some assembly required., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)

The drums are on Xfm at this very moment, they are...how do you say it
'fucking shit'
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:09, Reply)

give Monty his login back and a fiver.
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:13, Reply)

Your inferiority complex is so deep set that you chose to be the sidekick, rather than the hero?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:10, Reply)

Well I just like the name Dick Grayson really.
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Fuck it I'm going to buy some milk

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:12, Reply)

Your decisiveness is turning me on.

( girlinthehole, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:15, Reply)

You're mental, you are.

( Kroney, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)

I hated school
for a number of excellent reasons. Couldn't name a best experience, probably leaving for the final time. Or being 'awarded' most number of detentions ever.

Alt: Too many to choose. Duke of Cambridge for cocktails probably.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:16, Reply)

On the one hand I am astonished you ever had any detentions at all
on the other, however, I am completely unsurprised that you held a record number of them. Is this wrong of me?
(berk, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:42, Reply)

Not at all
I didn't do a single piece of homework in my time at school. Our report cards were done in points A= 5 etc, +1 for a house point -2 for detentions. Only child consistently in negative figures.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:45, Reply)

Well done Amberl.
Fight the system sister.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:52, Reply)

I did. It didn't harm me much
apart from fostering habits of laziness and insolence
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:06, Reply)

Fucking hated school.
Enforced conformity and an environment where you couldn't avoid the people you didn't like and deviations from the norm were punished by teachers and students alike. College and university however were nice.

Alt: In the middle of nowhere with good mates.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:19, Reply)

I spent most of my time at school being bored rigid.
Almost everything of any application aside from English and basic mathematics I learned well after I finished school.
( Kroney, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:28, Reply)

so you've been a miserable bastard your whole life then. Makes sense.
(ThunderCuntThePendejo officially less shit than NakedApe, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:40, Reply)

You going to the bash, Bobby?

( Kroney, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:58, Reply)

I hated school
so at a guess, I'd say almost everything that happened there between 1992 to 2001, pretty much. It's no fun being the impoverished fat scholarship kid in a school full of rich wankers.

Manchester is a good night out, I've always found.
EDIT - and there's an awesome cocktail bar in town which runs burlesque classes in their victorian gin parlour. Trufax.
(berk, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:38, Reply)

The Jekyll and Hyde
a very nice pub, too.

EDIT: used to be in The Victoria
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:56, Reply)

Owned by the same people, I believe
as is the Island Bar, where I have yet to go but which also looks quite nice.
(berk, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:02, Reply)

Hmm. School
I mostly liked school, but fainting in my first assembly at grammar school wasn't good.

On the plus side, the ASTOUNDINGLY fit school nurse then came into my latin* class later in the day with my bible** and the immortal line "you left this in my bed earlier" which I swear she said deliberately. Instant kudos SCORE.

*grammar school
** see above.

And Edinburgh, fo sho. Although Prague used to be good before drunken English shits ruined it. I always liked the Church, too, when it was still at Bagleys. In a kind of "knife edge between drinking life and death and being constantly sexually assaulted by Antipodean women" way
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Did you go to a grammar school then?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:42, Reply)

I wouldn't want you to think I went to private/public school, hence the desperate over-emphasis.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:43, Reply)

Which places do you frequent in 'burgh, badger?

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:47, Reply)

My local is The Orchard
Spiers post-hockey but that's a dodgy old geezer pub. The Pear Tree in the summer, plus The Black Bull, erm, Queen's Head on Fredrick St, Teuchters, Mathers, 99 Hanover St and Binkies for the late night drunken lols.

Oh, and the Bow Bar. Obviously. Quite like the Cask and Barrel on Broughton St too.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:51, Reply)

I do like Binkies.
We've got an Edinburgh overnighter in October, so will no doubt end up there on the Sunday night.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:53, Reply)

It's the only place I'd ever consider going for music
until I got dragged into the Rat Pack the other night. Which was wicked as long as you can keep out of the clutches of the middle-aged ladies hunting like sharks.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:54, Reply)

I may check some of these recommendations out for our impending trip, thank you sir.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:02, Reply)

I quite liked school.
Being with your mates and all that. Trying to get alcohol/laid etc.

Alt: Amsterdam. In the summer.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:42, Reply)

I'm going to amsterdam this Christmas
I plan to get shitfaced and fall in a canal.
(berk, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:43, Reply)

f do a ...oh, fuck it.

Just pretend I did a really good strikethrough about anal, yeah?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:46, Reply)

I'd heard that things were changing in Amsterdam so you wouldn't be able to smoke as a tourist
having just read up on it from what looks like a legit source of info, that would appear to be nonsense.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:52, Reply)

Pfft
they'd never be so stupid as to do something like that to their tourist revenues. And when last I went I was very well behaved; we just got giggly in the back of the coffee shop and played card games. Some of the locals even commented on how nice we were.
(berk, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:54, Reply)

yeah, it sounded unlikely to me
they also say that if they did that it would attract more attention and get more of their young people doing it.

I was well behaved last time I was there too. Got nicely wasted in a coffee shop then went for a walk along the canals.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:59, Reply)

there is a smoking ban now isn't there?
so it's harder to smoke I think. but it must still be possible in the coffee shops somehow
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:56, Reply)

They have sensible govt
So the smoking ban doesn't apply in coffee shops. Or most bars tbh.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:58, Reply)

^this
we asked about smoking baccy in spliffs last time we were there, and the woman in the coffee shop just said do it in the rooms upstairs.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Civilised
is what it is.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:02, Reply)

not the price of beer
admittedly this was in the Grasshopper by the station, but three large Heinekens cost 18 euros
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Keeps the Northern riff raff out, Vippers.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Didn't keep me out.

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:05, Reply)

MOST of the Northern riff raff out. ;-)

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:06, Reply)

What you've done there is go to 'Leicester Square', 'Las Ramblas', 'Champs Elysee' etc etc

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:06, Reply)

With a T-shirt on that says "Gouge me".

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:07, Reply)

yeah I know
but I was waiting for a train, had some gear to finish and wanted to go to a spacious bar with hot bar women
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:07, Reply)

It does
They do provide some alternative 'filler' for your joints. However, I was talking to the manager at the Rockerij and he said it was impossible for them to police whether you used tobacco in your joints or not. His advice was to keep your tobacco in your pockets rather than on the table, so if someone did come around checking they wouldn't notice.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:03, Reply)

^This
I've never understood the problem people have with school - you piss about with your mates all day, short hours, long holidays, etc.
I think the "best days of your life" thing is misunderstood. My interpretation is that the rest of your life is going to be less fun (long hours, short holidays, working with cunts) that you need to make the most of your schooldays. I'm fairly content that I did.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:48, Reply)

Croissant, madam?
Some of us didn't have a choice. It'd take a fairly special kind of teen to be content with the verbal shitkicking and misery that I got on a daily basis.
(berk, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:53, Reply)

^ This.
Not every child is in a happy place emotionally when they're at school, and many children are, in general terms, complete and utter little cunts who will pick up on any perceived weakness and exploit it to the max.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:56, Reply)

They're the snivelling little fuckers I used to bully. ;-)

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:59, Reply)

But if you weren't picked on, them it could be enjoyable
to be fair this place probably attracts more of the bullied than the ones in the middle
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:59, Reply)

Weaklings?

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:00, Reply)

why do you think that is?
I was in the middle. As a fatty I got a surprisingly small amount of hassle. My brother was basically king of the school though...
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:00, Reply)

It's easy if you're the daddy.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:01, Reply)

Becasue the internet is full of socailly reartded, fat sweaty shut in virgins?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:01, Reply)

that isn't actually the case though

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:04, Reply)

Ok to be fair some posters have had sex with their sisters
What did you mean then?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:07, Reply)

I meant shut up

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Because it's originally an arts community?
Thus attracting more people who are artistic, intelligent and think out side wthe box. Or as they were known at school, geeks nerds and benders.

Just a guess.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:08, Reply)

that is probably about right

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Of course it is, I said it.
The interesting question is why it attracts people who don't fit that demographic.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:10, Reply)

bullying and such aside
And I didn't actually get much at all. As an adult I chose my own clothes and the people I associate with, people are, generally, bound by the rules of civilized conduct, if I don't like my job I can leave it and within it I have a fair degree of autonomy.

I enjoy all these things and I had none of them in school.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:57, Reply)

That's because you live in New Cross Gate and everyone hates you.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:00, Reply)

Only you, only you.
Envy is a terrible thing.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:06, Reply)

No, I hate you as well ;)

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:07, Reply)

As I say envy is terrible.
It's OK though I have flaws, and if you try really hard one day you can be as awesome as me.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Come back when you live in the 'Sham
and we'll talk.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:10, Reply)

That'll be never then.
I think I'd rather be homeless.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:11, Reply)

You will be when I torch your flat.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:12, Reply)

You'd have to find it first.

( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:14, Reply)

I found it 2 months ago.
I've been watching you through a camera.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Cool, did you see where I left my cuff links?
Going mental looking for them.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Up your bum?
Just a guess, like.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:20, Reply)

*checks*
Nope.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:23, Reply)

Hmm back to the drawing board then...
Wait, did you leave them on the drawing board?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:24, Reply)

I do not own a drawing board
I suspect they are in the bedroom somewhere.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:25, Reply)

Not as terrible as burning someone's flat down with them in it.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:08, Reply)

They've discovered Fire in Lewisham?
wow.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Hahaha!
They are only using it on public litter bins currently.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:10, Reply)

and in turkish restaurants

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:12, Reply)

Baby steps.
They're still a bit in shock about this whole 'wheel' revelation.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:12, Reply)

They have had that for a while.
You can't move for busses and the feral undercunts that use them.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Playful sparing aside, I do feel for you.
Is Ladywell actually any nicer?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:15, Reply)

Yeah, it's OK. Not much community spirit.
My road is nice and the surrounds are mostly nice.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:17, Reply)

Probably cheap too
which, let's face it, is the main advantage of living in our area.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:18, Reply)

300k (asking price) for a two bed house on my road.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:19, Reply)

No Idea TBH
Not looked at house prices in a while, but it sounds reasonable. Might be looking soon actually if I can convince myself I can afford the mortgage on what I want.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:22, Reply)

I have milk and now I shall have tea
WHOOP!

School was fun thanks, I wasn't a nerd
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 11:56, Reply)

2 sugars please, boss.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:09, Reply)

Not good for your teeth old boy

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:11, Reply)

I'm diabetic chap.
No sugar in my tea.

Figure of speech, like.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:14, Reply)

Oh dear, genetic diabetes or lol-fatty diabetes?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:19, Reply)

Genetic (exacerbated by being a drinker)
But I am 17 stone of fast moving muscle.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:20, Reply)

I'm guessing that the direction in which it is fast moving
is outwards?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:23, Reply)

is it just me?
or are you being a little more acerbic than usual today?
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:27, Reply)

No, I think you may be right.
Don't know why, I'm in a reasonably chipper mood.
I'm usually lovely.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:29, Reply)

Mainly.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Thu 8 Sep 2011, 12:30, Reply)